--His father, Prescott Bush, was a U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1952-63).
--Enlisted as the youngest Navy pilot in the Pacific in World War II (1942).
--In 1944, he was shot down by the Japanese and rescued.
--Graduated from Yale University (1948).
--After graduating from Yale, he moved to Texas and entered the oil business.
--U.S. House of Representatives from Texas (1967-71).
--He was defeated in the 1970 race for U.S. Senator from Texas.
--Ambassador to the United Nations (1971-72).
--Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1973-74).
--Chief of U.S. Liaison Office, Peking, China (1974-75).
--Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1976-77).
--Failed in his effort to become the Republican nominee for President in 1980.
--Vice President of the United States (1981-89).
--President of the United States (1989-93).
--Fifth of only five Vice Presidents to be elected President in his own right.
--Defeated in his bid for re-election to the Presidency by Bill Clinton in 1992.
--His son, former Texas Governor George W. Bush, is President of the United States.
--Another son, Jeb Bush, is Governor of Florida.

--Grandson of newspaper publisher Eugene C. Pulliam.
--Reporter and pressman for the Huntington (Indiana) Herald-Press (1965-69), which was owned by Pullium.
--Served in the Indiana National Guard (1969-75).
--Passed bar exam in 1974.
--U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana (1977-81).
--U.S. Senate from Indiana (1981-89).
--Vice President of the United States (1989-93).
--Also ran for reelection with Bush on the losing Republican ticket in 1992.
--Wrote several books after leaving the Vice Presidency.
--Failed in his effort to obtain his party's Presidential nomination in 2000.

--His father, Albert Gore, Sr, was a U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1953-71).
--Served as an Army journalist in Saigon during the Vietnam War.
--Worked as journalist for the Nashville Tennessean before entering politics.
--U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee (1977-85).
--U.S. Senate from Tennessee (1985-1993).
--Failed in his effort to become the Democrat nominee for President in 1988.
--Vice President of the United States (1993-2001).
--Failed Democrat candidate for the Presidency in 2000.
--University professor (2001-present).

--Graduated from the University of Wyoming (1965).
--Congressional Fellow (1968-69).
--Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (1969-70).
--White House Staff Assistant (1971).
--Assistant Director, Cost of Living Council (1971-73).
--Deputy Assistant to the President (1974-75).
--Chief of Staff to President Gerald Ford (1975-77).
--U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming (1979-89).
--Secretary of Defense (1989-93).
--Vice Chairman, Baltimore/Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce (1994-95).
--CEO of Halliburton Company (1995-2000).
--Vice President of the United States (Current).